John Georgakopoulos, BSc (Hons.), MSc, LLB, is a Law Society of Ontario certified specialist in environmental law. He resolves complex environmental legal issues for clients, uniquely drawing on his technical knowledge as a former senior environmental scientist with Ontario’s environmental regulator. He has particular expertise advising property developers, REITs, industrial manufacturers, and municipalities about managing environmental risks and liabilities associated with brownfields and contaminated sites. He provides strategic advice to help protect clients against corporate and personal environmental liabilities including civil claims, regulatory orders, prosecutions, and fines. He is selected annually for The Best Lawyers in Canada for environmental law and in the Lexpert Special Edition on energy. He is ranked in Lexology for environment and climate change.
Legislative and policy shifts in climate change environmental regimes, both federally and provincially, have all affected the energy sector, which must adapt to those changes
